The Monthly Magazine, Volume 2R. Phillips, 1796 |
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Page 454
... poetry from its end ; though they have been by no means agreed , whether that end be principally to inftruct or to pleafe . Racine , and others , have held , that the primary ob- ject of poetry is inftruction ; and in fup- port of this ...
... poetry from its end ; though they have been by no means agreed , whether that end be principally to inftruct or to pleafe . Racine , and others , have held , that the primary ob- ject of poetry is inftruction ; and in fup- port of this ...
Page 455
... poet , to give ideal exiftence to objects , and fcenes of which no archetype is found in nature ; if we be told , that fiction is the hallowed temple of poetry , and reminded of " the poet's eye in a fine phrenzy rolling , " & c . this ...
... poet , to give ideal exiftence to objects , and fcenes of which no archetype is found in nature ; if we be told , that fiction is the hallowed temple of poetry , and reminded of " the poet's eye in a fine phrenzy rolling , " & c . this ...
Page 533
... poetry , whole powers are li- mited to the knack of counting out a cer- tain number of feet to each line , and , perhaps , tacking a rhyme to the end . On the other hand , the term genuine poet , while it implies the faculty of ...
... poetry , whole powers are li- mited to the knack of counting out a cer- tain number of feet to each line , and , perhaps , tacking a rhyme to the end . On the other hand , the term genuine poet , while it implies the faculty of ...
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